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A blog about consumer technology from Jan Dawson and Jackdaw Research. Original home at www.beyonddevic.es. Jan Dawson is an analyst and consultant who helps consumer technology companies understand market trends and devise strategies for success.

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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Sep 5, 2017

Samsung Galaxy Note8 Review

An analyst’s take

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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Aug 21, 2017

A Reminder About Android Adoption Rates

And how long it’ll take Oreo to be eclipsed (sorry)

Version 8 of Android, which we now know is code-named Oreo, was officially released today through the Android Open Source Project, a year almost to…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Aug 22, 2016

Nougat Launch Highlights Android’s Slow Rollout

Google today released Android 7, codenamed Nougat. What this means in practical terms is that owners of recent Nexus devices can download and install the new version immediately, while the vast majority of Android device owners have to wait…

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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 22, 2016

EU Android follow-up

I wanted to post a quick update to my post earlier in the week about the EU’s Android antitrust action, to cover a specific topic in a bit more depth, namely the issue of the EU’s narrow definition of the relevant market. We also discussed the EU’s action against Google in depth this week on…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 20, 2016

The EU’s Android Mistake

The European Commission announced this morning that its preliminary finding in its investigation of alleged anti-competitive practices by Google in relation to its Android operating system is that Google is indeed breaching EU rules. The action from the EU is misguided and…

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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Oct 7, 2015

Operating system user bases

Related: two previous posts on the patterns in Android adoption rates (December 2013, March 2014), a post contrasting iOS and Android adoption patterns, and a post from last month on iOS 9 adoption.